:J12 TRI ANURIA D1GYMA. Panicum. 



Panicle very thin, composed of long, simple, filiform, remote 

 branches. Flowers u< nerally single, with a neuter valve to 

 the corol. 



Prom Nepal Dr. Buchanan sent the seed to the Botanic 

 garden, where the plants blossomed in October,ju.-t one year 

 from the lime the seed was sown. 



Pont perennial. Culms erect, slender, completely invested 

 in the bin s ilj^ of the leaves, except from six to twelve inches 

 below the panicle; height three or four feet. Leaves lanceo- 

 late, plaited, a little hairy, particularly near the base, from six 

 to twelve inches long', and one and a half broad. Sheaths long- 

 er than the joints, a little hairy; mouths bearded. Panicle 

 very thin, and c imposed of long, simple, filiform, drooping 

 branches. Spikelets remote near the base, second, bearing a 

 few alternate, generally single flowers. Calyx three-valvod, 

 smooth, from three to seven-nerved. Corol, with a third neu- 

 ter valve, but no stamens. 



Obs. In foliage this agrees very exactly with my Panicum 

 plicatum, but differs widely in the panicle. 



51. P. costatvm. R. 



Culms creeping-. Leaves lanceolate, plaited, very hairy, as 

 also their sheaths, which are shorter than the joints. Panicle 

 composed of short expanding,secuud, spiked-racemes. Flow- 

 ers polygamous. 



Introduced into the Botanic garden from the 3Iauritius, by 

 Captain Tennant, in 1M>2. 



Culms creeping, throwing out numerous strong roots from 

 the joints; from three to six feet long. Leaves lanceolate, 

 plaited, hairy ; about six inches long, by one broad. Sheaths 

 shorter than the joints, very hairy. Panicle oblong, smooth, 

 composed of somewhat compound, second, spiked-racemes, 

 with here and there an arista like coloured bristle. Cahjx 

 three-valved, smooth, from three to five nerved. Corol three- 

 valved, two-flowered ; the exterior floret oue-valved and 

 male. Seed transversely rugose. 



